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Join us for an engaging vocabulary quiz on Friday, December 6, focusing on shaded and non-shaded words. Test your knowledge on word roots including 'GREG', 'TANG', 'MEDI', and more, along with their meanings and relevant examples. This quiz will enhance your understanding and usage of various vocabulary terms in context, helping you become more articulate and knowledgeable. Perfect for students and word enthusiasts alike, this quiz promises to be both fun and educational.
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WWW List #6 Next Quiz – Friday, December 6
SHADED WORDS Next Quiz – Friday, December 6
6.1 GREG - GROUP • Gregarious – loved by all in group • Congregate – to group together
TANG - TOUCH • Tangible – able to be touched • Tangle – hairs are all touching
LIBER - FREE • Liberty - freedom • Liberate – to set free
JUNCT - JOIN • Conjunction – joins two sentences (and, but, so, etc.) • Junction – where two roads meet
TRIB - PAY • Tribute – pay respects to someone • Contribution – the act of paying as a gift
RUPT - BREAK • Erupt – to break out in noise • Disrupt – to break attention away from something
MEDI - MIDDLE • Median – middle number; middle of the road • Mediate – to be in the middle of an argument, helping it to be resolved
SOPH - WISDOM • Sophomore – a grade level with more wisdom than a freshman • Sophisticated – describes a wise person
TEMPOR - TIME • Contemporary – of this time period • Temporarily – not lasting for much time (bathrooms are “temporarily” out of order)
TRANS - ACROSS • Transfer – to carry across (transport) • Translucent – something that lets light through (or “across”)
NON-SHADED WORDS Next Quiz – Friday, December 6
GERM – VITAL or RELATED • Germinate – vital growing in plants • Germane – related to the subject that is being discussed
MAR - SEA • Marina – a place for boats to be docked (in the sea) • Submarine – a type of shop that goes under the sea
PRIM - FIRST • Primary – the earliest/first in time or in order of development • Primate – Latin for “first rank,”meaning the mammals of the order Primates
6.2 PYRO - FIRE • Pyrotechnic – relating to fireworks (a pyrotechnic display) • Pyrophobia – fear of fire
CLAM – CRY OUT • Exclamation – to cry out • Clamor – a loud noise
PLU - MORE • Plural – more than one • Plus – to add more
STRING - BIND • Stringent – strict and binding (stringent rules) • String – used to bind things together
CLUD - CLOSE • Include – to “close in” someone or something • Exclude – to close someone or something out
SE - APART • Secede – to withdraw and be apart • Segregate – to group apart
DIGN - WORTHY • Dignify – to make something worthy • Indignation – worthy anger (anger that is reasonably felt)
LUC - LIGHT • Translucent - – something that lets light through (or “across”) • Lucid – a clear (“lighted”) understanding
GRAT - PLEASING • Gratitude – thanks for something pleasing • Grateful – showing thanks
CURR - RUN • Current – what power or water runs through • Currently – what is running right now
MIGR - WANDER • Migrate – to wander area to area • Immigrant - wanders into a country
GAMY - MARRIAGE • Monogamy – married to one • Polygamy – married to many